Wordpress, why must you be so complicated?! Options

[towntown2]

I've been following Meli's tutorial on her site on how to integrate WP.
I followed everything she wrote down to the best of my abilities and it should work..

But obviously I did something wrong.
Now when you go to my site, it's just a list with WP files and my page files.

here

Please help!

[freeflow]

What are you trying to do make wp your main page? or make all your pages have the wp template?

If your making wp your main page..
Heres the easy way to do it.
1) Log into wp and click options.
2) Find where it says blog adress and type http://decaelegance.infamous-mind.net/
3) Then make an index.php file and put this in it , edit the path to your header..

CODE

<?php
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

Edit this line:

require('./wp/wp-blog-header.php');

yours might be

require('./wp-blog-header.php');
or
require('.wp-blog-header.php');

Not sure.

After upload that to your root folder in ftp

[Mulder]

orr...

http://whatatragedy.org/wordpress_php.php

thats how i have mine right now.

[towntown2]

Well, I tried it again this time and it improved by like 0.2%.
I'll show you what I did to the codes. one is the stylesheet and other one is the wp index.
I deeply apologize if this is too long... I cropped the stylesheet code a bit so it's just showing the main stuff.

CODE

/* Begin Typography & Colors */
body {
    font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
    font-family: 'Tahoma';
    background-color: #transparent;
    color: #2a1f1a;
    text-align: center;
    }

#page {
    background-color: white;
    border: 1px solid #959596;
    text-align: left;
    }

#header {
    background-color: #73a0c5;
    }

#content {
    font-size: 1.2em
    }

.widecolumn .entry p {
    font-size: 1.05em;
    }

.narrowcolumn .entry, .widecolumn .entry {
    line-height: 1.4em;
    }

.widecolumn {
    line-height: 1.6em;
    }
    
.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
    text-align: center;
    }

.alt {
    background-color: #f8f8f8;
    border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
    }

#footer {
    background-color: #eee;
    }

small {
    font-family: Tahoma;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    }

h1, h2, h3 {
    font-family: 'Tahoma';
    font-weight: bold;
    }

h1 {
    font-size: 4em;
    text-align: center;
    }

#headerimg .description {
    font-size: 1.2em;
    text-align: center;
    }

h2 {
    font-size: 1.6em;
    }

h2.pagetitle {
    font-size: 1.6em;
    }

#sidebar h2 {
    font-family: 'Tahoma';
    font-size: 1.2em;
    }

h3 {
    font-size: 1.3em;
    }

h1, h1 a, h1 a:hover, h1 a:visited, #headerimg .description {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: white;
    }

h2, h2 a, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:visited {
    color: #333;
    }

h2, h2 a, h2 a:hover, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited, #sidebar h2, #wp-calendar caption, cite {
    text-decoration: none;
    }

.entry p a:visited {
    color: #b85b5a;
    }

.commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
    font: 0.9em 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
    }
    
.commentlist li {
    font-weight: bold;
    }

.commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: normal;
    font-size: 1.1em;
    }

.commentlist p {
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    text-transform: none;
    }

#commentform p {
    font-family: 'Tahoma';
    }

.commentmetadata {
    font-weight: normal;
    }

#sidebar {
    font: 1em 'Tahoma';
    }

small, #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li, .nocomments, .postmetadata, blockquote, strike {
    color: #777;
    }
    
code {
    font: 1.1em 'Courier New', Courier, Fixed;
    }

acronym, abbr, span.caps
{
    font-size: 0.9em;
    letter-spacing: .07em;
    }

a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
    color: #06c;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

a:hover {
    font-family: Tahoma;
text-decoration: bold;
text-transform:uppercase;;
    }
    
#wp-calendar #prev a {
    font-size: 9pt;
    }

#wp-calendar a {
    text-decoration: none;
    }

#wp-calendar caption {
    font: bold 1.3em 'Tahoma';
    text-align: center;
    }

#wp-calendar th {
    font-style: normal;
    text-transform: capitalize;
    }
/* End Typography & Colors */



/* Begin Structure */
body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

#page {
    background-color: white;
    margin: 20px auto;
    padding: 0;
    width: 760px;
    border: 1px solid #959596;
    }
    
#header {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0 auto;
    height: 200px;
    width: 100%;
    background-color: #73a0c5;
    }

#headerimg {
    margin: 0;
    height: 200px;
    width: 100%;
    }

.narrowcolumn {
    float: left;
    padding: 0 0 20px 45px;
    margin: 0px 0 0;
    width: 450px;
    }

.widecolumn {
    padding: 10px 0 20px 0;
    margin: 5px 0 0 150px;
    width: 450px;
    }
    
.post {
    margin: 0 0 40px;
    text-align: justify;
    }

.widecolumn .post {
    margin: 0;
    }

.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
    padding-top: 5px;
    }

.widecolumn .postmetadata {
    margin: 30px 0;
    }

.widecolumn .smallattachment {
    text-align: center;
    float: left;
    width: 128px;
    margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px;
}

.widecolumn .attachment {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 5px 0px;
}

.postmetadata {
    clear: left;
}

#footer {
    padding: 0 0 0 1px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 760px;
    clear: both;
    }

#footer p {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 20px 0;
    text-align: center;
    }
/* End Structure */



/*    Begin Headers */
h1 {
    padding-top: 70px;
    margin: 0;
    }

h2 {
    margin: 30px 0 0;
    }

h2.pagetitle {
    margin-top: 30px;
    text-align: center;
}

#sidebar h2 {
    margin: 5px 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

h3 {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 30px 0 0;
    }

h3.comments {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 40px auto 20px;
    }
/* End Headers */



/* Begin Images */
p img {
    padding: 0;
    max-width: 100%;
    }

/*    Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've
    thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',
    will of course center the image. This is much better than using
    align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */
    
img.centered {
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    }
    
img.alignright {
    padding: 4px;
    margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
    display: inline;
    }

img.alignleft {
    padding: 4px;
    margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
    display: inline;
    }

.alignright {
    float: right;
    }
    
.alignleft {
    float: left
    }
/* End Images */



/* Begin Lists

    Special stylized non-IE bullets
    Do not work in Internet Explorer, which merely default to normal bullets. */

html>body .entry ul {
    margin-left: 0px;
    padding: 0 0 0 30px;
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 10px;
    text-indent: -10px;
    }

html>body .entry li {
    margin: 7px 0 8px 10px;
    }

.entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {
    content: "\00BB \0020";
    }

.entry ol {
    padding: 0 0 0 35px;
    margin: 0;
    }

.entry ol li {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

.postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {
    display: inline;
    list-style-type: none;
    list-style-image: none;
    }
    
#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

#sidebar ul li {
    list-style-type: none;
    list-style-image: none;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    }

#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
    margin: 5px 0 8px;
    }

#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
    margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
    }

#sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
    margin: 0 0 0 10px;
    }

ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {
    list-style: decimal outside;
    }

#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
    margin: 3px 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    }
/* End Entry Lists */



/* Begin Form Elements */
#searchform {
    margin: 10px auto;
    padding: 5px 3px;
    text-align: center;
    }

#sidebar #searchform #s {
    width: 115px;
    padding: 2px;
    }

#sidebar #searchsubmit {
    padding: 1px;
    }

.entry form { /* This is mainly for password protected posts, makes them look better. */
    text-align:center;
    }

select {
    width: 130px;
    }

#commentform input {
    width: 170px;
    padding: 2px;
    margin: 5px 5px 1px 0;
    }

#commentform textarea {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 2px;
    }

#commentform #submit {
    margin: 0;
    float: right;
    }
/* End Form Elements */



/* Begin Comments*/
.alt {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 10px;
    }

.commentlist {
    padding: 0;
    text-align: justify;
    }

.commentlist li {
    margin: 15px 0 3px;
    padding: 5px 10px 3px;
    list-style: none;
    }

.commentlist p {
    margin: 10px 5px 10px 0;
    }

#commentform p {
    margin: 5px 0;
    }

.nocomments {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

.commentmetadata {
    margin: 0;
    display: block;
    }
/* End Comments */



/* Begin Sidebar */
#sidebar
{
    padding: 20px 0 10px 0;
    margin-left: 545px;
    width: 190px;
    }

#sidebar form {
    margin: 0;
    }
/* End Sidebar */



/* Begin Calendar */
#wp-calendar {
    empty-cells: show;
    margin: 10px auto 0;
    width: 155px;
    }

#wp-calendar #next a {
    padding-right: 10px;
    text-align: right;
    }

#wp-calendar #prev a {
    padding-left: 10px;
    text-align: left;
    }

#wp-calendar a {
    display: block;
    }

#wp-calendar caption {
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    }

#wp-calendar td {
    padding: 3px 0;
    text-align: center;
    }

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn't work in IE */
    background-color: #fff; }
/* End Calendar */



/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
    cursor: help;
    }

acronym, abbr {
    border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
    }

blockquote {
    margin: 15px 30px 0 10px;
    padding-left: 20px;
    border-left: 5px solid #ddd;
    }

blockquote cite {
    margin: 5px 0 0;
    display: block;
    }

.center {
    text-align: center;
    }

hr {
    display: none;
    }

a img {
    border: none;
    }

.navigation {
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 60px;
    }
/* End Various Tags & Classes*/

CODE

<?php include('http://decaelegance.infamous-mind.net/style.php'); ?>

    <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">

    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
        
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                
            <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
                <small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
                
                <div class="entry">
                    <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
                </div>
        
                <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
            </div>
    
        <?php endwhile; ?>

        <div class="navigation">
            <div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Entries') ?></div>
            <div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
        </div>
        
    <?php else : ?>

        <h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
        <p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
        <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

    <?php endif; ?>

    </div>

<? include('http://decaelegance.infamous-mind.net/style.php'); ?>